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An employee was assisting with pre-welding setup on pile structures at the fuel dock worksite. They were working to operate a come-along to align a waler to the pile. Due to limited leverage and restricted positioning within the man basket of the crane, the employee exited the basket to manually adjust the waler from the structure itself. During the task, wave height and frequency increased. A large wave struck the area, causing the pile braces and walers to shift. The employee lost their footing and grabbed the production pile edge. Their fingers on one hand were crushed between two structural steel piles. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingers and was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting a manhole cover when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his big toe and the adjacent toe.

An employee was in a tunnel freezer, which was being turned on for the first time. The baffling for the evaporator fan got stuck in the siding. The employee ascended a 5'9"-tall cart to reach the raised baffling panel. The raised baffling shifted and dropped, trapping the employee's arm between the aluminum and foam core baffling. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower forearm/upper wrist and severed ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was engaging in daily physical training in preparation for fire season as a smokejumper. The employee sustained swelling and stiffness in their arms and was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis.

An employee was training and running and suffered rhabdomyolysis.

An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.

The injured employee and another employee were removing a fuel cooler to perform maintenance on it. The cooler fell on the injured employee's ring finger, causing an avulsion of the fingertip.

An employee was performing a weld test when a piece of slag fell and their shirt and pants caught fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to the chest, abdomen, and thighs. Leathers or flame-resistant clothing were not used at the time.

An employee was working at a dock. A lock-out board came loose and hit the employee, breaking the employee's lower leg.

An employee was conducting longshore operations and loading a barge from the dockside. They slipped and fell on the walking surface, sustaining a broken right tibia.

An employee was processing fish off the boat. They jumped over a tank hold and then slipped and fell 28'-30' into the bottom of the metal tank, resulting in pelvic and spinal fractures.

An employee was rolling pipe from a forklift to a railcar when their left little finger became caught and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee had bent over to inspect a refrigerator. While straightening up, he tripped and fell to the floor, sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was moving boxes of frozen product from a stack to a conveyor belt when they slipped and fell. The box they were carrying weighed 20 kg and fell onto their right little finger, crushing it. The distal portion of the finger was amputated.

An employee slipped on snow and ice and fell, suffering injuries to the left knee and hip.

An employee was walking along a plowed pathway when he slipped and fell on the snow and ice, suffering a broken right ankle. He was hospitalized.

An employee was assisting with loading product (sacks of dirt) onto a barge. The sack of dirt swung and pinched the employee between it and other sets of product on the barge. The employee suffered a neck compression injury and was knocked unconscious.

On June 25, 2023, an employee was standing on the top rail of a guarded catwalk (3-4 feet) while reaching for a cable to connect to a ship. The employee lost his balance and fell, resulting in a collapsed lung, 3 broken ribs, and a right shoulder injury.

An employee was removing a valve that was approximately 5 feet tall and weighed 400 pounds from a forklift tine in the shipyard. The employee lost footing and slipped, causing the valve to fall off the forklift and land on their right foot, resulting in a foot fracture and lacerations.

An employee was climbing down a ladder. The employee fell to the ground level about 12 feet below, possibly suffering two broken legs.

An employee was attaching lifting bridles to a front-end loader when the front-end loader lurched forward and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a fractured jaw, fractured back, and lacerations on the head and knee.

An employee was connecting two hoses together on a fire line when they fell into a hot ash pit and sustained second degree burns to the shoulder, hands, and knee.

An employee was directing a co-worker to pick up a pallet with a forklift. The employee went into the operator's cab and assisted in moving the steering wheel. As the employee was exiting the cab area, the co-worker accidentally pressed on the gas, moving the forklift forward and pinning the employee between the forklift and a pole. The employee suffered a right upper thigh and hip injury.

A two-person saw crew was constructing a fire line at a forest fire. One of them was using a chainsaw when it kicked back, striking the other one's right shin. It knocked aside his protective chaps and cut into the skin, muscle, and bone of the lower shin.

An employee was stepping out of a seating row and into the main aisle of a motor coach. The employee's ankle rolled and was broken.